鄉村壁畫，錦上添“花”

山東 孫啟祿

主題語境：藝術 篇幅：343詞 關鍵詞：art,painting,wall

1 Liu Zhicheng, a wall painter who was born in 1995 in Xingyi Village, Lijiang City of southwest China's Yunnan Province, has been trying to bring changes to his hometown using his paintbrushes.Liu, better known as Liu Xiaobei on Chinese social media platforms, returned to the village more than a year ago and planned to create 100 paintings on the walls of farmhouses in his hometown within two years as a kind of public service.

2At present, Liu and his partner have created more than 30 wall paintings in the village with different themes, including vivid animals, cute cartoon characters, and picturesque landscapes.The short videos recording their painting process have been played tens of millions of times.

3Initially,many villagers didn't understand the art form of wall paintings,so Liu learned how to communicate with his fellow villagers.Eventually,he persuaded some of them to allow him to create paintings on their walls.Gradually, villagers accepted the wall paintings,especially those with traditional cultural elements such as Chang'e, the goddess of the moon in Chinese legend,as well as Chinese Valentine's Day.

4Liu has also managed to ensure that his wall paintings could blend into the surround-ings.According to him,some senior villagers have a passion for giant pandas,so he created several wall paintings featuring giant pandas.During the process of painting one such painting,a villager tried to cut a small tree in front of the wall selected for the painting,but Liu stopped him and painted a bigger tree on the wall, making the small tree and the wall painting blend together perfectly.

5It usually takes Liu about three to five days to complete a simple wall painting and seven to ten days to finish a complex one.“I will focus more on Chinese cultural elements in my wall paintings and decorate more walls in villages to draw visitors and help the locals increase their income through tourism,”says Liu.“It's my honor and pleasure to have the chance to beautify the surroundings with my art.”

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1.What can we learn about Liu Zhicheng from the first paragraph?

A.He has created more than 100 paintings in his hometown.

B.He wants to beautify his hometown with his wall paintings.

C.He is better known for his drawing skills on social media.

D.He has brought great changes to the villagers'lives in his hometown.

2.What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A.What kind of traditional cultural elements the villagers liked.

B.Why many villagers didn't understand the art form of wall paintings.

C.How the villagers came to understand and accept his wall paintings.

D.Why the villagers didn't allow him to paint on their walls in the beginning.

3.What does the underlined phrase“blend into”probably mean in paragraph 4?

A.Stand out.B.Cut off.

C.Fit into.D.Tear away.

4.What will Liu's paintings focus more on?

A.Vivid animals.

B.Cute cartoon characters.

C.Beautiful landscapes.

D.Chinese cultural elements.

語篇解碼

本文是一篇記敘文。夢想讓鄉村充滿藝術的劉志成是一位壁畫家，自從去年回到家鄉后，他開始在家鄉的院墻上創作，記錄鄉村生活和美麗風景。

語言學習

Ⅰ.語料薈萃

語篇單詞重要短語platform n.平臺 create v.創造 service n.服務 character n.人物 landscape n.風景 initially adv. 開始；最初 process n.過程 eventually adv. 最終 persuade v. 說服 allow v. 允許 gradually adv. 逐漸地 accept v. 接受 especially adv. 尤其；特別 traditional adj.傳統的 manage v.設法完成 passion n.激情be known as 作為……而著名 social media 社交媒體 at present 目前 tens of millions of 數千萬 communicate with 與……交流 as well as 也；還有 according to 按照；據……所說 have a passion for 酷愛

Ⅱ.語句分析

1.Liu Zhicheng, a wall painter who was born in 1995 in Xingyi Village, Lijiang City of southwest China's Yunnan Province, has been trying to bring changes to his hometown using his paintbrushes.1995 年出生于中國西南部云南省麗江市興義村的壁畫家劉志成一直在嘗試用畫筆為家鄉帶來改變。

【點石成金】Liu Zhicheng has been trying to...using his paintbrushes 是句子的主干，a wall painter是主語的同位語，who was born in...Province是限制性定語從句。

2.During the process of painting one such painting, a villager tried to cut a small tree in front of the wall selected for the painting, but Liu stopped him and painted a bigger treeon the wall,making the small tree and the wall painting blend together perfectly.在畫這樣一幅畫的過程中，一個村民試圖砍掉被選定進行作畫的墻壁前面的一棵小樹，但劉攔住了他，并在墻上畫了一棵更大的樹，使小樹和壁畫完美地融合在一起。

【點石成金】本句是一個并列句。make和前面的a bigger tree 構成主動關系，是一棵更大的樹使小樹和壁畫完美地融合，所以make要用現在分詞表示主動關系。

語言運用

Ⅰ.例句仿寫

1.隨著高考臨近，他變得越來越緊張。

_______________________________,he becomes more and more nervous.

2.他在1984年奧運會上獲得四枚金牌，這使他一夜成名。

He won four gold medals in the 1984 Olympic Games, ________________________.

Ⅱ.寫作實踐

假定你是校英語報的小記者李華，請你根據上面的文章內容寫一篇報道，介紹鄉村壁畫家劉志成。注意：

1.詞數80左右；

2.可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。

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